Richard Campbell

The “Born Anew” Campaign at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church is the third campaign I have been involved with in this parish. It is by far, the best run! The extra expense to engage James D. Klote & Associates was a wise investment.

They have been a joy to work with. There to relate to campaign leaders and congregational members is remarkable, and they have added much to what has been accomplished thus far. The fact that they have been on location for the 14 weeks of this campaign is an invaluable facet of the work. Thank you for planning and directing fund raisers in this way.

The campaign process as led by James D. Klote & Associates has been excellent. They are tenacious in their support and their encouragement to keep campaign workers “on task!” This is obviously a characteristic of the Klote style! Thank you!

When asked, I will be happy to recommend this company to other congregations anticipating funding raising campaigns or stewardship resourcing programs!

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Recognition

A recent study of over 1,000 churches across the United States who had recently completed capital campaigns revealed that seemingly subtle differences in the ways various churches approached their campaigns yielded startling and significantly different campaign results. The study was conducted in June-July 2010 by Volkart May & Associates, a Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota based marketing and market research firm.

NEWS & EVENTS

Best Capital Campaign Ever

Carmel Lutheran Church kicked off its ‘Hearts Compelled To Share’ capital campaign in record style. As of January 25th just 73 families of the more than 900 in the church had already committed $3.75 million dollars. That total represents not only the best kickoff to a campaign at CLC, it also represents the best campaign in total even though only 8% of the congregation has pledged so far.
The previous best campaign was just four years ago when CLC collected a total of about $3 million in pledges from over 425 donors.

All Things New

"Jim Klote, president of James D. Klote and Associates, a capital stewardship consulting firm based in Fall Church, VA, appears on the big screen during his "All Things New" presentation at this year's Annual Conference session. Klote and Associates will conduct free stewardship education workshops for churches in all 18 districts of the conference this fall.

Participants listen attentively during the church stewardship workshop at Wright's Chapel UMC.The Virginia Conference sponsored series of stewardship workshops in each district is winding down, with two more district gatherings remaining in November.